docs: def load_fasta_file(filename):
      """Load a FASTA file and return the sequences as a list of SeqRecords
  
      Args:
          filename (str): Path to the FASTA file to load
  
      Returns:
          list: list of all sequences in the FASTA file as Biopython SeqRecord objects
  
      """
  
      with open(filename, "r") as handle:
          records = list(SeqIO.parse(handle, "fasta"))
      return records